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Issue Documented: 2025-05-20
Engineers are currently investigating the issue.
Description
When a stimulus item in an Item Bank is used to asses students, the stimulus is not able to be edited from the Item Bank.
Expected Behavior
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User should be able to edit Stimulus or be prompted to edit a copy.
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When attempting to edit a used question in an Item Bank warning dialog is shown: “Some students have already submitted answers for this question! You can apply your edits to a copy of this question which will only be seen by students that have not taken the assessment.“
Workaround
No workaround exists at this time.
Steps to Reproduce
Prerequisites:
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Have an active course with active student enrollments.
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Have an Item bank that contains a Stimulus.
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Create a New Quiz and add a stimulus and questions from an Item Bank.
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Act as student and submit an attempt to the quiz.
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Stop acting as user and navigate to course Item Banks.
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Open the Item Bank and edit the Stimulus.
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Note that you are unable to edit the contents of the stimulus question.
Additional Info
QUIZ-15815
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